Selahattin Demirtaş, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Selahattin Demirtaş

Turkish politician

Date of Birth: 10-Apr-1973

Place of Birth: Palu, Turkey

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: Turkey

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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About Selahattin Demirtaş

  • Selahattin Demirtas (Turkish pronunciation ; born 10 April 1973) is a Turkish politician of Zaza Kurdish descent, member of the parliament of Turkey since 2007.
  • He was co-leader of the left-wing pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), serving alongside Figen Yüksekdag from 2014 to 2018.
  • Since November 2016 he has been detained by the Turkish state.
  • Demirtas was the presidential candidate of the HDP in the 2014 presidential election, coming in third place with 9.77% of the vote.
  • The HDP executive board also fielded Demirtas as their candidate for the 2018 presidential election.
  • Running from prison, he came in third with 8.40% of the vote.

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